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Chapter 14

Alexa walked down the hall and grabbed a box of tissues on the way. She stopped outside of Oliver's door and went to knock. She hesitated for a minute.

'Should I talk to him or not?' Alexa asked herself. She was so torn. She didn't know if she should talk to him or not. She new she had to apologize to him, so she sucked up her pride and knocked on the door.

"Oliver?" she asked through the door.

Nothing but silence.

"Oliver please open up."

Nothing.

Alexa sighed. "Look Oliver, what I said was wrong I realize that, but I had no idea that something like this happened to you. If I would have known you had a younger sister that had died, I would have rethought my actions, but I didn't know. I feel absolutely horrible for saying that to you, but you gave me no choice. I had no idea what had happened in your life. Here you are trying to make me open up when you have similar problems. You should be the one opening up also. It is obvious that you're not over it and that's fine, but please don't blow up at me when I was completely clueless. I know I may sound like a complete hag right now, but I just wish you would have told me before you accused me of not understanding or not knowing. I wish you would open up so I wouldn't have to talk to the door. The door doesn't give me much of a reaction."

She paused for a moment to give Oliver time to open the door. But it never did. Alexa sighed.

"Oliver, I am truly sorry. I wish I could tell this to your face, so you could see that I am not making this up. You're angry and that's understandable, but please remember that tomorrow is my parents funeral and I don't want us to be at each other's ends. I will need someone there to help me through this, and there is no one I would rather have there than you. Please forgive me."

She heard a small sniffle from inside the room.

"I left you a small gift outside if your interested. Good night Oliver."

She placed the tissue box on the ground and walked back to her room. She opened the door and closed it, sliding to the ground. She put her head in her hands and let a few tears escape from her eyes. She let them fall for her parents and for Oliver.

She got up and changed into her pajamas. She crawled into bed and closed her eyes, wishing and hoping that everyone returned to normal tomorrow.

Alexa felt a light touch caressing her face as she slept. She opened her eyes a bit and saw Oliver sitting on her bed, caressing her face. She opened her eyes fully and noticed Oliver with a dream like look on his face.

"Hi." whispered Oliver.

Alexa only gave him a look that clearly stated that she was angry. Oliver sighed and hung his head, removing his hand from her face. Alexa sat up in her bed and crossed her legs so she sat Indian style.

There was a long silence between them, each not daring to speak for fear of either hurting the other or yelling.

"I'm sorry." whispered Oliver. If Alexa wouldn't have been looking at him right then, she never would have heard him.

"I'm sorry." said Oliver again, this time looking up to her. His eyes had a gleam to them, showing unshed tears.

"I should have told you instead of blowing up at you. That was wrong of me I know. I was just so angry that you said that, I just didn't know what to do afterwards. I guess everything just came rushing back full force."

Alexa grabbed his hand on hers. "Tell me what happened." she whispered.

Oliver looked at her with an unsure look in his eyes.

"Come on! I have told you all about my family, I even cried on your shoulder, I cried for days on end in front of you, and you helped me. Give me a chance to help you. Tell me what happened."

Oliver seemed a bit hesitant, but with a sigh, he began his story.

"When I was 9, my little sister Marissa and I were playing out in the backyard. My dad was teaching me how to fly on my broom. Apparently I was doing very well for my first time. Marissa was standing on the ground watching me and my father fly around the backyard. When me and my father touched back down, Marissa came running over. She was yelling at my dad to let her fly. Well, she was to young to fly so my dad insisted she fly with me since I was doing such a good job. So I put her behind me and told her to hang on, and no matter what that she never let go. She nodded her head and we took off. I stayed closer to the ground than usual, seeing as how I had someone else on my broom. It was still high enough to hurt someone. Anyway, we flew around and I did loops and twists, anything to get a laugh out of her. Her laugh would brighten my day. When I would have the worst day of my life, just hearing a giggle from her would make me smile. Well, we were flying though the air when I saw a butterfly not to far from us. Marissa saw it too and tried to reach for it. I told her no, to hang on to me and not let go, but," Oliver stopped when the tears began falling from his eyes.

Alexa grabbed a tissue from her night stand and handed it to Oliver. He wiped his tears and sat for a few minutes. He seemed to be off in his own world when she heard him whisper.

"I didn't even know she was gone until I heard the sound that will forever haunt my dreams. I watched my sister fall to her death. I remember her eyes, large and scared, begging me to help her. I couldn't do anything. I just sat there, watching her as she fell towards the ground. I new I could have saved her but something held me back. I don't know. It felt as if I couldn't move. Like something was forcing me to watch my sister die. What would do such a thing?" he asked Alexa, turning to look at her face.

Alexa was shocked. She had no idea that his sister had died in such a horrific way, and he blamed himself for it. No wonder he blew up at her. She crawled over to Oliver and hugged him. He buried his head into her shoulder and let the tears fall freely.

Alexa whispered soothing words into his ear, trying to get him to settle down. He finally stopped crying and pulled away from Alexa. He looked her in the eyes and saw nothing but understanding. No pity, no blame, but understanding.

Oliver kissed her. Alexa didn't know what to do. Everything happened at once. The kiss was full of passion. Nothing Alexa had ever experienced before. She gave into the kiss and embraced the fierceness that was radiating between the two.

Oliver finally pulled away, both breathing heavily. Alexa looked at him with surprise and excitement on her features.

Oliver gave her one last kiss. "Thank you for listening to me."

Alexa only nodded. Oliver got up and went to go to the door when Alexa's hand stopped him.

"Do you wanna, you know, um, s-s-stay t-t-tonight?" she stuttered. She instantly blushed at her nervousness and turned her head away from Oliver. She scolded herself for being so shy.

"I'd love to." whispered Oliver. Alexa looked up to see Oliver smiling like a little kid.

Oliver crawled into bed and wrapped his arms around Alexa. He could smell the lavender from her hair and instantly fell asleep with the girl of his dreams in his arms.